I bought the CHEAPEST Steam Deck 😬

Quick tip for anyone wanting to upgrade themselves, use the top half of the Decks included case to sit the Deck in for a flat working surface so you don't put pressure on or potentially damage the analog sticks.

If I'm not mistaken Gulikit sells Hall Sensing joysticks for the steam that DON'T involve soldering. I believe that's the new version they have

"Bruh" to the person who broke their steam deck to end up in Austin's hand.

I got the 512 Refurbished model and it is just completely clean and new. I am honestly surprised by Value's efforts of making their products good for the price, especially for the refurbished models.

I bought a refurbished 256G Steam Deck, and mine looked pristine and works great. The only issue I had was that Valve forgot to include the charger, but they shipped one out to me immediately. I have been having a great time with it.

Austin, the black sticker on the inside of the original steam deck back cover is a graphite pad specifically for heat dissipation. So there is already heat dissipation in the original cover.

I’m still amazed at how easy it is to replace parts in the Steam Deck!

320$ is perfect. I would not pay 350$ for refurbished. Been burned to many times buying refurbished when i could have just spent the extra 30 -50$ to just have working new

This is one of the best things about the Steam Deck compared to other handhelds is that you can easily upgrade or fix components on the Deck.

That relief he showed when the fan fix worked is so relatable, I'm scared to death to mess with stuff like that but a few years ago my laptop had a serious fault so I had nothing to lose. I opened it fixed the two things that were wrong and I felt like a God damn genius.

I bought the 64gb model new and upgraded to a 1TB ssd for cheaper than the 250 model. Totally worth it.

So I also bought a refurbished 64GB Steam Deck from Steam. Mine also had a missing screw internally. The other two was able to keep everything in place without issues. I upgraded it immediately with a Micron 2TB SSD for $149.99 from Amazon. It was so worth it and the upgrade itself was fairly easy!

My favorite part of the JSAUX back is the other sets of back buttons - I put in the highest set and it has made those buttons SO much more usable for me.

I like how you ran into some issues during your customization process. It portrays an accurate refurbished version experience.

It's a shame Austin did not try and diagnose the fan issue, it could have just been hitting a wire that was in the way.

what would u recommend if im having speaker issues with my hp pavilion 410 laptop? it goes static from the speakers and overheats when i play games if i dont keep a box fan on it to keep it cool. but im also broke and dont have a lot of money to replace everything.

Is it possible to have a link to Austin´s last shirt? Thanks!

There was a couple possibilities gong on with the fan. First, it would have been good to know if it was happening before it was opened up. Always good to establish a known state before doing work on something. It sounded like the blades were rubbing on the fan housing when it was in motion. The back shell could have caused a bit of extra pressure on the main board that carried over to the fan housing, slightly warping it. The bearing on the fan may have been going bad. Those fans usually have a few years in 'em at least before they start to fail, but maybe it was an overlooked failure. It's also possible that the refurb tech may have over-tightened the screws for the fan. Best case scenario for that would be unscrewing it and putting it back. If it were really over-torqued though, it's possible that the fan housing got slightly dented in and that was the cause of the rubbing. Still fixable, but annoying to remove the housing and flattening it out.

The wires on the joysticks aren't supposed to stick out like that, you're supposed to make them sort of wrap around the module, otherwise the wire is going to be rubbing against its surroundings whenever you move the joystick.

I’ve looked every day for a certified refurbished steam deck since this video came out and every time they’re sold out. How do you obtain one?